DE_BAL: The GES is determined on the basis of the 11 qualitative descriptors set out in the MSFD, Annex I. Please note that according to M & A; In order to determine the characteristics f ür of good environmental status in a Marine Region or Sub-Region, Member States shall define all qualitative descriptors prüfen in order to identify the descriptors to be used for the determination of good environmental status f ür of the Marine Region or Sub-Region concerned. The German Baltic Sea is considered relevant for all 11 descriptors and is therefore described below. Moreover, the EU Commission Decision of 1 September 2010 (2010/477/EU) über sets out the criteria and methodological standards for establishing the good environmental status of marine waters (COM Decision) f&l;r for a more detailed analysis of the 11 descriptors, 29 criteria and 56 indicators. &criteria & quot; are in accordance with & & Annex I MSFD characteristic technical characteristics closely linked to qualitative descriptors. In addition, the European Commission has submitted a compilation of methodological standards which can be used as a basis for the description of the GES (Piha and Zampouhas, 2011), which is also to be used as a basis for the description of the GES (Piha and Zampouhas, 2011).The GES description in Germany refers to species, habitat types and, in part, to physico-chemical characteristics in accordance with Annex III. The answer to the check list on physical/chemical features, habitats, functional groups and pressures was answered in für D1, D4 and D6, with f&r species, habitats and, in some cases, pollution, the category &bergegrade;hle. Für the &brigen descriptors were primarily ticked on the check list. The physical/chemical and biological characteristics are derived from the indicators (COM Decision 2010/477/EU).Classification and assessmentsIn the light of the data available and the number of evaluation procedures already in place or the criteria and indicators already operationalised in the Commission Decision, it is not yet m &ouml in the present first GES report that all the criteria and indicators of the descriptors should describe the specific limits and thresholds or other quantifications f ür to the GES. For the purposes of the MSFD, we therefore consider that: Article 9 refers to existing status assessments. The Water Framework Directive (WFD) and the Habitats and Birds Directives (Habitats and Birds Directives) of the European Union provide important bases for this. In addition, the Regional Convention for the Protection of the Sea (Helsinki-Über Income) is used. As a first step, the existing data collections and evaluation procedures are assigned to the criteria and indicators proposed by the Commission Decision (2010/477/EU), with evaluation facilities and the scaling of the presentation of the results in terms of the structure of the MSFD being brought into a comprehensible and consistent order (Figure 1 of the Baltic Sea GES report). Ges has been reached or GES has not been reached. However, it does not specify how to deal with individual descriptors, criteria and indicators. If a 5-stage assessment system is used according to the WFD classification (see Figure 1? Baltic Sea Ges report), the status &nations from reporting cycle to reporting cycle are clearly visible. A multi-stage assessment system, in addition to the possibility of a pr äzier condition assessment, has the advantage of making &nation trends and thus the success of Ma & Rs easier to identify and communicate. Where assessments of other Directives are taken, their classification is also maintained in the MSFD (e.g. Habitats Directive 3-stage; WFD chemical status 2-stage, WFD &cological status 5-stage).Gem ä ß the requirements of the MSFD must be updated every 6 years (Article 17 of the MSFD). Germany’s task by 2018 is therefore to define the individual criteria and indicators, i.e. corresponding limit and threshold values or trends f&r, to the respective GES f ür, based on procedures to be developed and the extension of the data base, and in coordination with the marine region to be considered in each case. M&gliche Methods für can be found in Krause et al. (2011).Integrated &kological assessmentIn this report, aggregation and integrated assessment have not yet been carried out. The aim must be to increasingly meet the high requirements of the MSFD in the 2018 follow-up evaluation. This requires the correction of existing deficits, the development of missing procedures and the collection of necessary data. In addition, when updating the description of the GES, the &ndernden öcosystemar circumstances, such as climate change and its impact on marine &cosystems and the K&uuml Lifesr&ume, must also be taken into account.

Existing descriptions shall be used for the definition of good biodiversity status under the MSFD. It can therefore be said that good environmental status for D1 is defined inter alia by the fact that... the internal and external coastal waters are in good ecological status in accordance with the WFD and the entire territorial sea area is in good chemical status... the habitat types of Annex I (LRT 11xx) of the Habitats Directive relevant to the marine area of the Baltic Sea are in a favourable conservation status. ... the species listed in Annex II to the Habitats Directive relevant to the marine area of the Baltic Sea and the species of the Birds Directive relevant to the marine area of the Baltic Sea are in a favourable conservation status.... the objectives of individual species or species group-specific conventions (e.g. ASCOBANS, Jastarnia Plan) have been achieved... The biodiversity according to HELCOM BSAP is in a good state. The pressures and effects specified in the reporting sheet (see list of physical/chemical features, habitats, functional groups, pressures) are understood as having an impact on the GES of the descriptor. The list has been completed accordingly.

Not yet fully defined. See field for development status

Not yet fully defined. See field for development status

Not yet fully defined. See field for development status

Further development needed (expected to be operational by 2018if adopted). In 2007 Germany decided on a National Strategy for Biodiversity, a demanding action program with around 330 goals and concrete measures. Biodiversity is defined as: "Diversity of ecosystems, communities, species and genetic diversity within a species". For the area of ​​coasts and seas, the strategy contains the following aspired vision for the future: "The interconnected natural and near-natural coastal and marine ecosystems, in their diversity and natural dynamics, enable a safe occurrence of all typical species and habitats. They are in one favorable conservation status ". For some biological characteristics according to MSRL (Annex III, Table 1) there are already evaluation approaches with corresponding indicators to describe their good status (WFD, FFH-RL, HELCOM procedures; (...). With regard to the requirements of MSRL, the need for adaptation and development, especially with regard to the regional coverage of the entire Baltic Sea, has to be examined further. The existing descriptions are to be used for the definition of the good status of biodiversity according to MSRL. Appendix 2 of the GES Report Baltic Sea organizes the existing GES- Definitions defined by the COM Be Finally, given criteria and indicators of descriptor 1. In order to be able to define the good status of biodiversity in the German Baltic Sea, existing gaps have to be systematically analyzed and successively closed. For a variety of individual aspects of biodiversity, there are definitions of good environmental status and assessment procedures. A general definition of good environmental status is not yet possible, as there is no national or international procedure that integrates all of the individual aspects.